Archives for Tuesday, July 26, 2005:

Tourists murdered in The Bahamas

ALICE TOWN, Bahamas: The Caribbean is once again receiving some very negative publicity following what some locals are calling the "slaughter" of two Austrian tourists in the quiet community of Bimini in The Bahamas.  Police said a hotel maid discovered the couple at about 12:50 pm on Saturday in a room at the Anchorage Hotel... read more...

Guyana’s president issues strong warning to illegal immigrants

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana’s Head of State, President Bharrat Jagdeo has issued a strong warning to illegal immigrants to get proper documentation or face deportation... read more...

Surinamese parliament to decide on controversial presidential candidate

PARAMARIBO, Suriname:  Parliament in Suriname will decide on Tuesday whether presidential candidate Rabin Parmessar (NDP) is eligible to run for the top government position... read more...

Leading Cuban dissident chides EU over Cuba policy after crackdown

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Leading Cuban dissident Marta Beatriz Roque accused the European Union Sunday of giving tacit approval to the taking of political prisoners in Fidel Castro's Cuba, after a new crackdown landed her in prison this weekend... read more...

Turbulent times ahead for Grenada’s banana industry

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: The banana industry in Grenada will experience some turbulent times during the next nine months, due to the damage sustained at the banana field on the River Antoine Estate... read more...

Tourism arrivals up 9.2 percent in the Dominican Republic

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic: Data recently released by the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic show visitor arrivals to the country grew by 9.23 percent in the first semester of 2005, or 174,608 more than the same period in 2004... read more...

Turks and Caicos report 19 percent increase in hotel occupancy

TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS: The Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association (TCHTA) has released occupancy rate figures showing a 19 percent increase in occupancy rates from January to March 2005, compared to the first quarter of 2004... read more...

CGID concerned about mass deportation of Guyanese from Barbados

BROOKLYN, New York: The Caribbean Guyanese Institute for Democracy (CGID) has expressed grave concern over reports of the recent mass deportation of Guyanese from Barbados, as well as the allegations of harassment of Guyanese nationals at the Grantley Adams International Airport... read more...

Soufriére Hills Volcano Ten Years On Scientific Conference starts with a blast

SALEM, Montserrat. The opening ceremony for the first international scientific conference of its kind, based on volcanology, was launched in Montserrat, on Sunday, 24 July 2005, recording another of a series of historic events this year.  The Soufriére Hills Volcano Ten Years On Scientific Conference is hosting over 80 scientists... read more...

COMMENTARY

China and the US: Where does the Caribbean stand?

Over the last few months, there has been an obvious increase in tension between the US and China. Last week there was a heating-up of animosity of the military side, and a cooling-down on the economic side.  The Caribbean is now tied to both these countries. So, where does the region stand in all this?... read more...

The Bahamas Registrar General’s Department: All’s well that ends well

What was supposed to be a milestone for attorney Elizabeth Thompson as the Bahamas Registrar General finally ended Thursday July 14 after a sometimes farcical but always determined battle in the media, in the courts and parliament... read more...

Election forecast in Haiti goes from bad to dreadful

Just when it seemed like things couldn’t get any worse for Haiti, events further deteriorated on the beleaguered island last week... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Eight-wicket Murali sends West Indies crashing to defeat

KANDY, Sri Lanka (AFP): Muttiah Muralitharan spun the West Indians to their doom as Sri Lanka won the second cricket Test by 240 runs here on Monday to sweep the short series 2-0... read more...

Trinidad’s Shaka Hislop closing on Palace deal

LONDON, England (World-Track):  Trinidad and Tobago’s Shaka Hislop is hoping to finalise a contract deal with Crystal Palace.  Hislop figured in Palace’s 2-1 defeat to FK Teplice in Miesbach, Germany last Wednesday and the former Portsmouth goalkeeper is keen on sealing a move to Selhurst Park... read more...

John scores, but Ince injured in Coventry’s latest pre-season match

LONDON, England (World-Track):  There mixed results for Trinidad and Tobago internationals here in England on the weekend as Coventry continued preparation for the start of next month’s English Coca-Cola Football League Championship... read more...

Campbell and Trinidad’s relay team star in Helsinki Grand Prix

HELSINKI, Finland:  Olympic 200-metre gold medallist Veronica Campbell of Jamaica shook off her defeat to American Allyson Felix in London on Friday to claim the women’s 100m at the IAAF GE Money Grand Prix in Helsinki’s newly renovated Olympic stadium on Monday.  The Jamaican destroyed Americans Lee and Daigle... read more...

Jamaica turn back South Africa 48-37 in world youth netball championships

FORT LAUDERDALE, USA:  Following their 98-6 demolition of lowly Bermuda on Friday, Jamaica claimed their second victory on the trot at the World Youth Netball Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Saturday evening with a 48-37 come-back victory over South Africa... read more...